Department of Mathematics

Instructor Exam Procedures For Students With Disabilities

This page details exam accommodation procedures for instructors in the following mathematics courses during Fall and Spring semesters: 11100, 13700, 13800, 13900, 15200, 15300, 15400, 15900, 16100, 16100M, 16200, 16200M, 16500, 16600, 26100.

Addressing exam accommodation requests

It is important to note that exam accommodations can only be met if:

  1. The Undergraduate Services Office (MATH 242) has received an accommodations letter from the student and
  2. The student files an Option Sheet no later than seven (7) days in advance of the exam.

NOTE: We strongly request students give their accommodations letter to the Undergraduate Services Office during the first week of classes or as soon as they receive it to aid in the organization of administering exams.

On the rare occasions that students must arrange for testing or grading conditions for which the Department is not prepared, they need to be directed to Course Coordinator who will work with the student and the DRC to determine what is appropriate.

The student must give the completed Option Sheet to Undergraduate Services Office (MATH 242) personnel in person and before the deadline. Do not accept these sheets yourself.

Alternate exams sent over to the Testing Center by the Undergraduate Services Office (MATH 242) require your approval. Completing Part 3 of the Option Sheet indicates your approval.

You do not otherwise need to sign the Option Sheet for common exams (all sections of the course taking the same exam at the same time).

Sample Forms

Students must get Option Sheets from the Undergraduate Services Office (MATH 242). Sample forms will not be accepted.

Overview of the Procedures For Providing Academic Adjustments On Exams.

To receive any exam accommodations students must give the Undergraduate Services Office (MATH 242) and the instructor a copy of the certification letter outlining the required accommodations. This must occur before any Option Sheet can be filed and at least 7 days prior to an exam.

  1. Students must fill out an Option Sheet before the exam and turn it in to MATH 242 at least seven (7) days before the exam. If this is not done there will be no exam set aside for them.
  2. For students taking the common evening exam with accommodations, the department sets up special (proctored) rooms. This side of the Option Sheet does not require your signature.
  3. For makeup exams or accommodations that specify daytime exams, students take the alternate exam in the Testing Center (SCHL B42). Include any deadline to take the exam in Part 3 of the Option Sheet.
  4. The Undergraduate Services Office personnel notifies instructors via e-mail to pick up exams that have not been machine scored for grading.

Departmental policies for some accommodations requesting instructor action

  • Allow the student to use a calculator approved by the instructor, unless the intent of the exam is to test calculation skills.
    • When calculators are not normally approved for exams, students entitled to this alternate method of testing will be allowed a non-programmable, non-graphing calculator only.
    • Do not approve any other calculator.
  • Allow the student to use a list of instructor-approved formulas as a memory tool, unless the intent of the exam is to test recall and/or knowledge of such formulas.
    • Course coordinators or instructors must initial crib sheets to approve them for use during an exam. The proctor is instructed to collect and return these to the Undergraduate Services Office with the exams.